When the party recovering judgment in a cause neglects to sue out execution immediately, or after such execution has been returned without satisfaction of costs, the clerk of the court, for his own benefit, may, or at the instance of a person entitled to fees in the bill of costs taxed against either party, shall issue against the party indebted to such clerk or other person for such fees, whether plaintiff or defendant, an execution to compel the party to pay his own costs. Such execution shall be in the following form:
(Form of execution to compel either party to pay his own costs.)
The State of Ohio, . . . . . . . . . . county, ss:
To the sheriff of . . . . . . . . . . county, greeting[s]:
Whereas, in a certain civil action lately prosecuted in the . . . . . . . . . . court of . . . . . . . . . . county, wherein . . . . . . . . . . was plaintiff and . . . . . . . . . . was defendant, the costs of said . . . . . . . . . . were taxed at . . . . . . . . . . dollars, . . . . . . . . . . cents: You are therefore commanded, that, of the goods and chattels, or, for the want of goods and chattels, of the lands and tenements of the said . . . . . . . . . . in your county, you cause to be made the costs aforesaid, with interest thereon from the . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . ., A.D. . . . . . . . . . (the date of the judgment) until paid, and costs that may accrue: And, if you shall levy and make said costs and interests, do you have the same before the . . . . . . . . . . court of . . . . . . . . . . county, within sixty days from the date hereof, to render unto the persons entitled to the same; and have you then and there this writ.
Witness my hand and the seal of the . . . . . . . . . court, this . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . A.D. . . . . . . . . . ..
A.B., Clerk.
Effective Date: 10-01-1953
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